Massive police raids on suspected protestors in Minneapolis

Sunday, 31 August 2008 08:44

Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets.

TVNL Comment: Tell me again how we live in a democracy. Tell me how this is not a police state.